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2010 Winter Championship (Jan. 21-- Feb. 25)

    John Julian is again the club champion.  John won his final game in convincing fashion to finish with 4.5 points and claim the title again.  James Stripes, who nicked John for a fourth round draw, finished clear second at 4.0 and won the over 1700 section prize.  Third place at 3.5 was shared by Steve Brendemihl, Dave Griffin, and Doug Trainor.  Steve and Dave split the 1500-1700 section prize, while Doug (whose provisional rating jumed 125 points) won the 1300 section prize.  Ron Weyland (3.0) won the 1400 section prize.  The under 1200 section prize was won by Jimmy DeRocher with a score of 2.0.

 

The USCF cross-table:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201002252941-10328357

 

2009 Fall Championship (Sept. 24 -- Oct. 30)

    John Julian once again claimed the title of Fall Champion, winning the tourney with a 4.5 score.  Nikolay Bulakh was clear second second with a 4.0 score.  Ryan Ackerman and Kevin Korsmo (3.5) finished third.  The 1400-1700 section was won by Alton Blue, Chris Copeland, and Dave Griffin (3.0).  Arend Smith (3.0) won the under 1400 prize, while Ron Weyland (2.5) was second.

USCF cross table: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200910305121-10328357

SwissSys Wall Chart. Fall Championship

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 John Julian B 12 W 7 B 4 W 2 B 6
  2015 12688769 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.5
2 James Stripes W 13 bye B 14 B 1 W 3
  1836 12677638 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
3 Ryan Ackerman B 14 W 18 B 5 W 8 B 2
  1753 13432771 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5
4 Kevin Korsmo W 15 B 10 W 1 B 6 W 5
  1752 10328357 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5
5 Kevin Baker bye B 9 W 3 W 14 B 4
  1618 13488272 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0
6 Chris Copeland B 16 W 14 B 12 W 4 W 1
  1550 12758356 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
7 Louis Blair W 17 B 1 W 13 W 18 B 15
  1528 12454599 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
8 Ben Blue B 18 W 16 bye B 3 W 11
  1507 12751582 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
9 David Griffin W 19 W 5 B 15 B 13 W 14
  1493 12469398 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
10 Pat Kirlin B 20 W 4 B 18 W 15 B 17
  1468 12631768 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
11 Ted Baker ---- bye B 16 W 17 B 8
  1454 12936996 U0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5
12 Loyd Willaford W 1 B 17 W 6 B 16 W 20
  1453 12577744 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
13 Alton Blue B 2 W 20 B 7 W 9 W 16
  1448 12455852 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
14 Nikolay Bulakh W 3 B 6 W 2 B 5 B 9
  1380 14227378 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
15 Ron Weyland B 4 W 19 W 9 B 10 W 7
  1379 12657609 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
16 Doug Trainor W 6 B 8 W 11 W 12 B 13
  1343 14203434 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
17 James Waugh B 7 W 12 B 20 B 11 W 10
  1277 12425667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
18 Arend Smith W 8 B 3 W 10 B 7 B 19
  1200 12813068 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
19 David Blue B 9 B 15 bye W 20 W 18
  1148 12796186 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5
20 Michael Thayer-Webb W 10 B 13 W 17 B 19 B 12
  unr. 14224981 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 

 

2009 Winter Championship (Jan. 22 -- Feb. 26)

        Ron Weyland defeated Ryan Ackerman in their fifth round encounter to tie Ryan for the title of club champion.  Both finished at 4-1.  Kevin Korsmo was third with 3.5.  Ron and Ryan split the $55 cash prize for first place and the best over 1500.  The best under 1500 prize went to Ted Baker with a 3-2 score.

    Ted Baker's first round conquest of  Kevin Korsmo stood as the biggest upset of the tourney.

    In addition to the cash prizes, each of the section winners and the biggest upset winner received one year WCF memberships as part of the prize packages.

 

SwissSys Standings. 2009 Spokane Winter Championship: Open

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Ron Weyland 12657609 1444 W6 L7 W4 W9 W2 4.0  
2 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1588 W8 W4 W7 W5 L1 4.0  
3 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1715 L4 H--- W8 W7 W5 3.5  
4 Ted Baker 12936996 1363 W3 L2 L1 W12 W7 3.0  
5 Michael Cambareri 12707145 1762 H--- W6 W9 L2 L3 2.5  
6 James Stripes 12677638 1728 L1 L5 D12 W11 W9 2.5  
7 Chris Copeland 12758356 1619 W11 W1 L2 L3 L4 2.0  
8 Jim Burney 12618452 1189 L2 W11 L3 D10 H--- 2.0  
9 David B. Griffin 12469398 1640 H--- W12 L5 L1 L6 1.5  
10 Louis Blair 12454599 1535 U--- U--- W11 D8 U--- 1.5  
11 Jim Waugh 12425667 1292 L7 L8 L10 L6 W12 1.0  
12 Annette Weyland 12663263 1209 H--- L9 D6 L4 L11 1.0
 

2008 Fall Championship (Sept. 19-Oct. 23)

    Top seed John Julian was a perfect 5-0 in easily winning the club's 2008 Fall Championship.  Second seed Pat Herbers finished second a 3.5.  There were six players tied for the best U/1800 and the best U/1500 went to Alton and Ben Blue.  Jim Waugh claimed the biggest upset.

SwissSys Standings. 2008 SFC: Open

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 John Julian 12688769 1999 W8 W7 W2 W3 W6 5.0  
2 Pat Herbers 10509092 1912 W10 W9 L1 W4 D3 3.5  
3 James Stripes 12677638 1725 H--- W5 W7 L1 D2 3.0  
4 John Walton 13202540 1706 W11 W13 D6 L2 D5 3.0  
5 David B. Griffin 12469398 1628 H--- L3 W14 W13 D4 3.0  
6 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1625 H--- W14 D4 W10 L1 3.0  
7 Chris Copeland 12758356 1604 W15 L1 L3 W17 W10 3.0  
8 Louis Blair 12454599 1518 L1 W16 D12 D9 W11 3.0  
9 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1609 W16 L2 L10 D8 W15 2.5  
10 Ben Blue 12751582 1498 L2 W17 W9 L6 L7 2.0  
11 Alton Blue 12455852 1477 L4 W15 L17 W16 L8 2.0  
12 Taylor Coles 13495091 1471 H--- H--- D8 U--- U--- 1.5  
13 Ted Baker 12936996 1430 W17 L4 H--- L5 L14 1.5  
14 Pat Kirlin 12631768 1416 H--- L6 L5 L15 W13 1.5  
15 Annette Weyland 12663263 1196 L7 L11 D16 W14 L9 1.5  
16 Jim Waugh 12425667 1096 L9 L8 D15 L11 W17 1.5  
17 Ron Weyland 12657609 1472 L13 L10 W11 L7 L16 1.0  
 

 

 

 

2008 Winter Championship (Jan. 24-Feb. 28)

    Dave Meliti won the Winter Championship -- and then left town!  Dave's six months in town, in which he participated in every event that he could, came to an end when he had to return to the Phoenix area to help care for his ailing father.  Chris Copeland finished second with a 4.0 score and claimed the U/1600 prize.  Kevin Korsmo and James Stripes (3.5) shared the best under 1800 prize, while Taylor Roberts and Ron Weyland (3.0) were best under 1400.  Alton Blue scored the biggest upset with his first round victory.

SwissSys Standings. 2008 SWC: 2008SWC

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 David Meliti   1788 W15 W2 W3 W5 D4 4.5
2 Chris Copeland   1499 W13 L1 W11 W10 W9 4.0
3 Kevin Korsmo   1628 W11 W9 L1 W7 D5 3.5
4 James Stripes   1643 H--- D5 W6 W9 D1 3.5
5 Ryan Ackerman   1579 W7 D4 W10 L1 D3 3.0
6 Taylor Roberts   1357 H--- W8 L4 W13 Z10 3.0
7 Ron Weyland   1302 L5 W15 W8 L3 W12 3.0
8 Ben Blue   1283 H--- L6 L7 W15 W13 2.5
9 Alton Blue   1475 W16 L3 W12 L4 L2 2.0
10 Brad Bodie   1660 H--- W12 L5 L2 Z6 2.0
11 Ted Baker   1421 L3 W13 L2 L12 W15 2.0
12 Pat Kirlin   1291 W14 L10 L9 W11 L7 2.0
13 Jim Waugh   1264 L2 L11 W15 L6 L8 1.0
14 David B. Griffin   1563 L12 H--- H--- U--- U--- 1.0
15 Charles Fishburn   1475 L1 L7 L13 L8 L11 0.0
16 John C. Julian   1992 L9 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
 

 

2007 Fall Championship

        John Julian continues to reign as club champion, scoring a perfect 5-0 in the 2007 Fall Championship after defeating James Stripes in a final round match to finish a perfect 5-0.  Second place went to Michael Cambareri and Alex Chow, each of whom finished 4-1.  Alex defeated Taylor Coles in a battle of 3-1 scorers to join Michael in second place.  They shared the best over 1600 prize.

        The Julian-Stripes match was a thriller played until each contestant was down under three minutes on the clocks.  Julian had an early exchange advantage that disappeared in a furious attack in a very complex position as the clocks wound down. As John had earlier, James missed some opportunities in the late-going with limited time to think and act.  The game had the complete attention of all the remaining spectators.

        The remaining games settled the other class prizes.  Chris Copeland upended David Griffin and finished with 3.0 to tie Ryan Ackerman for the best over 1400 prize. The best over 1200 prize went to Taylor Coles and Taylor Roberts, both of whom also finished at 3.0.  Jim Burney won the $50 under 1200 prize with a 2.5 score despite only playing 3 games!  The biggest upset prize went to Ted Baker who won $25 for pulling off an upset victory over a player 437 points above him back in the first round.

        The night of the 18th saw a lot of exciting chess.  Michael Cambareri sacrificed a Queen against Ryan Ackerman and the two fought through a thrilling middlegame before Michael secured the win in the late-going.   Another thrilling finish came in the game between Ben Blue and Jim Waugh.  The old veteran was up material and time with a mate in three in the offing.  Young Ben, down to less than a minute on the mechanical clock, managed to sac more material to set up a draw by repetition to save the half point.

        The Club Championship began its five week run September 20.  Always an event that features lots of upsets, it was bucking tradition with only one upset in each of the first two rounds.  Then the lower-rated players struck with a vengeance in round three.  Of the nine games completed on October 4 the lower rated player won or drew in seven of them.  There were three draws and four upset victories to scramble the standings at the midpoint of the event.  The fourth round saw two more upsets, but for the most part the higher rated players held their own.

 

SwissSys Standings. Fall07

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 John Julian 12688769 1991 W8 W5 W4 W2 W6 5.0
2 Michael Cambareri 12707145 1768 W9 W21 W6 L1 W7 4.0
3 Alex Chow 12910167 1653 H--- W12 D7 W18 W9 4.0
4 Zach Countryman 12904287 1735 W14 W10 L1 D7 W12 3.5
5 Chris Copeland 12758356 1541 W15 L1 D11 D8 W10 3.0
6 James Stripes 12677638 1655 W13 W17 L2 W16 L1 3.0
7 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1577 W23 W11 D3 D4 L2 3.0
8 Taylor Roberts 12680456 1226 L1 W23 D10 D5 W16 3.0
9 Taylor Coles 13495091 1351 L2 W20 X18 W21 L3 3.0
10 David Griffin 12469398 1540 W16 L4 D8 W13 L5 2.5
11 Ted Baker 12936996 1265 W18 L7 D5 L12 W19 2.5
12 Ward Chow 13459322 1483 H--- L3 W19 W11 L4 2.5
13 Jim Waugh 12425667 1245 L6 W24 W21 L10 D14 2.5
14 Ben Blue 12751582 1303 L4 L16 X24 W17 D13 2.5
15 Jim Burney 12618452 1108 L5 H--- U--- W20 W21 2.5
16 Chad Coles 13495105 1002 L10 W14 W17 L6 L8 2.0
17 Ron Weyland 12657609 1463 W24 L6 L16 L14 D23 1.5
18 John Downes 12465306 1712 L11 W19 F9 L3 H--- 1.5
19 Stan Shankman 12519213 unr. H--- L18 L12 W23 L11 1.5
20 Vern Johnson 10513456 1140 L21 L9 W23 L15 H--- 1.5
21 Alton Blue 12455852 1554 W20 L2 L13 L9 L15 1.0
22 David Blue 12796186 792 U--- U--- U--- W24 U--- 1.0
23 Paul Ramer 12833608 1224 L7 L8 L20 L19 D17 0.5
24 Paul Martsin 13752818 684 L17 L13 F14 L22 H--- 0.5
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 Winter Championship

    John Julian is once again the club's champion, winning the Winter Championship by defeating Alex Chow in their final round board one match.  John finished the tourney with a 4.5 score.   He won $70 and a year's membership in the Washington Chess Federation (WCF).   Second place went to Zach Countryman and James Stripes, both of whom scored 4.0.  They shared the best over 1500 section prize of $45.  James won a year's membership in the WCF by virtue of his head-to-head victory over Alex.

   The best under 1500 was decided when  Ryan Ackerman defeated Ron Weyland to finish 3.0 and win the section by a full point.  He won $45 and a year's membership in the Washington Chess Federation.  Second place was a five-way tie with a 2.0 score winning $4. 

    Unlike usual, the event started with a quiet first round.  Round 2 saw the first upsets of the 20 player tourney.  Pat Kirlin defeated Ted Baker and Kevin Korsmo managed a draw with John Julian.  Round 3 saw some more upsets, including old warhorse Jim Waugh upending Dave Griffin.  Waugh, 77, seems to pull off at least one upset every tournament he enters -- and he plays every event the club sponsors!  Round 4 saw the biggest upset when young David Blue bagged a player 619 points above him!  David's victory won him the prize for the biggest upset -- a year's membership in the Washington Chess Federation

The cross table for the event:

SwissSys Standings. Fall Championship 2007

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 John Julian 12688769 1980 W12 D9 W5 W2 W4 4.5
2 James Stripes 12677638 1670 W11 W17 W3 L1 W9 4.0
3 Zach Countryman 12904287 1737 W13 W7 L2 W6 W10 4.0
4 Alex Chow 12910167 1632 W14 H--- W7 W9 L1 3.5
5 Kevin Baker 13488272 1613 W15 W20 L1 W11 H--- 3.5
6 Alton Blue 12455852 1505 W20 L10 W8 L3 W16 3.0
7 Chris Copeland 12758356 1562 W18 L3 L4 W13 W11 3.0
8 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1345 L9 W19 L6 W17 W12 3.0
9 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1641 W8 D1 W10 L4 L2 2.5
10 John Downes 12465306 1715 H--- W6 L9 W12 L3 2.5
11 Jim Waugh 12425667 1384 L2 W15 W17 L5 L7 2.0
12 Ron Weyland 12657609 1447 L1 W18 W14 L10 L8 2.0
13 Ted Baker 12936996 1407 L3 L14 W18 L7 W20 2.0
14 Pat Kirlin 12631768 1290 L4 W13 L12 L18 W19 2.0
15 Annette Weyland 12663263 1198 L5 L11 W20 L16 W18 2.0
16 Ward Chow 13459322 1346 U--- U--- W19 W15 L6 2.0
17 Dave Griffin 12469398 1511 W19 L2 L11 L8 H--- 1.5
18 David Blue 12796186 671 L7 L12 L13 W14 L15 1.0
19 Ray [Scott] Engelhard 13488266 640 L17 L8 L16 W20 L14 1.0
20 Joel Baker 13611874 unr. L6 L5 L15 L19 L13 0.0
 

2006 Fall Championship

    Phil Weyland is the new club champion, capturing the annual fall tournament with a 4.5 score.  Second place went to Alex Chow with a score of 4.0.  Third place was shared by Ben Blue, John Downes, Clint Fait, and James Stripes with 3.5 scores.   They also accounted for the best u/1800, u/1600, and u/1400 prizes.  Annette Weyland won the best u/1200 section and also had the two biggest upsets!

    The cross table from this event:

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2006 Spokane Fall Championship: Open

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Cl/Gr Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Phil Weyland   W 16 B 11 W 6 B 4 W 2
  1894   1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5
2 John Downes   bye B 16 W 19 W 10 B 1
  1712   0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
3 Kevin Korsmo   B 12 bye W 8 B 19 W 17
  1698   0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
4 Zach Countryman   W 13 B 9 W 15 W 1 B 5
  1659   1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
5 Alex Chow   B 14 W 15 W 12 B 9 W 4
  1653   1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
6 James Stripes   W 17 B 12 B 1 W 11 B 15
  1647   1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
7 Kevin Baker   B 18 W 20 B 13 B 15 W 16
  1621   0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
8 David B. Griffin   W 19 bye B 3 W 14 B 22
  1519   0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
9 Ted Baker   W 23 W 4 B 14 W 5 B 10
  1504   1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
10 Clint Fait   W 22 B 19 W 18 B 2 W 9
  1426   1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
11 Jose Pajarillo   B 20 W 1 B 17 B 6 W 19
  1408   1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
12 Alton Blue   W 3 W 6 B 5 B 17 W 23
  1398   1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
13 Ward Chow   B 4 B 21 W 7 W 23 B 18
  1387   0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
14 Ron Weyland   W 5 B 22 W 9 B 8 B 21
  1381   0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
15 Ben Blue   W 21 B 5 B 4 W 7 W 6
  1374   1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
16 Pat Kirlin   B 1 W 2 W 21 B 18 B 7
  1299   0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
17 Jim Waugh   B 6 W 23 W 11 W 12 B 3
  1256   0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
18 Ryan Ackerman   W 7 bye B 10 W 16 W 13
  1182   1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
19 Annette Weyland   B 8 W 10 B 2 W 3 B 11
  1013   1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0
20 Peter Christiansen   W 11 B 7 bye ---- ----
  902   0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
21 Ray Engelhard   B 15 W 13 B 16 B 22 W 14
  856   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
22 David Blue   B 10 W 14 B 23 W 21 W 8
  747   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
23 Jomell Pajarillo   B 9 B 17 W 22 B 13 B 12
  358   0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 

 

2006 Winter Championship

       John Julian added to his streak of recent club championships by besting the field in this year's winter championship tourney with a 4.5 score.  He gave up only a last round draw with second seed Pat Herbers, who finished second at 4.0.  Tying for third with 3.5 scores were Alex Chow and Dave Griffin, who shared the under 1700 prize, and John Downes.  Vern Johnson won the under 1400 section and also scored the biggest upset victory of the tourney.  In addition to cash prizes, all of the winners received subscriptions to Northwest Chess Magazine.

1 John Julian W 11 B 6 W 3 B 2 W 7
  1996 12688769 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.5
2 Pat Herbers B 7 W 8 B 10 W 1 B 5
  1948 10509092 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0
3 John Downes B 12 W 9 B 1 W 10 B 8
  1715 12465306 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
4 Kevin Korsmo W 13 B 12 W 8 ---- ----
  1701 10328357 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
5 Brad Bodie W 10 - 13 W 11 B 8 W 2
  1695 12609108 0.0 F0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
6 Zach Countryman B 14 W 1 B 9 W 7 B 10
  1651 12904287 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
7 James Stripes W 2 B 14 W 13 B 6 B 1
  1600 12677638 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
8 David Griffin W 15 B 2 B 4 W 5 W 3
  1560 12469398 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
9 Ron Weyland B 16 B 3 W 6 W 14 B 11
  1540 12657609 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
10 Alex Chow B 5 W 15 W 2 B 3 W 6
  1503 12910167 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5
11 Ted Baker B 1 W 16 B 5 W 12 W 9
  1364 12936996 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
12 Alston T Blue W 3 W 4 B 16 B 11 W 15
  1340 12455852 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
13 Vern Johnson B 4 - 5 B 7 W 17 B 14
  1301 10513456 1.0 X2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
14 Pat Kirlin W 6 W 7 B 15 B 9 W 13
  1274 12631768 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
15 Jim Waugh B 8 B 10 W 14 W 16 B 12
  1224 12425667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Jim Burney W 9 B 11 W 12 B 15 W 17
  1221 12618452 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
17 Peter Christiansen ---- ---- ---- B 13 B 16
  887 12546056 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

 

 

2005 Fall Championship

      John Julian claimed the club's Fall Championship with a 4.5 score in the five round tourney.  The event secured John a place in next year's City Championship contenders match and will move his rating into the Expert category.  He also won the $75 first place prize and a one year club membership.

       Michael Cambareri and Kirk Steinocher scored 4.0 to finish second and share the $50 Over 1700 prize.

       Grade school teammates Alex Chow and Zach Countryman each scored 3.0 to tie for first place in the 1400-1700 category.  They shared the $50 category prize.

       Veteran Vern Johnson also scored 3.0 on his way to claiming the $50 first prize in the Under 1400 category. He beat both of the second place finishers in that class, Ted Baker and Jim Waugh, who each scored 2.0.  Ted and Jim split the $24 second prize.  Ted also won $24 for the biggest upset with his first round victory over Countryman.

      There were 18 contestants in this year's event, which was held between September 15 and October 22, 2005.
  Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 John Julian B 11 W 6 B 4 W 3 W 2
  1993 12688769 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5
2 Kirk Steinocher bye B 7 W 6 W 5 B 1
  1897 12389190 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.0
3 Phil Weyland B 13 W 9 B 5 B 1 W 6
  1869 12653584 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0
4 Michael Cambareri W 15 B 8 W 1 B 9 W 10
  1787 12707145 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
5 John Downes B 14 W 18 W 3 B 2 B 7
  1735 12465306 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5
6 Kevin Korsmo W 16 B 1 B 2 W 13 B 3
  1678 10328357 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
7 James Stripes bye W 2 B 11 B 16 W 5
  1530 12677638 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5
8 Dave Griffin B 17 W 4 B 13 W 10 B 9
  1512 12469398 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
9 Alex Chow W 12 B 3 B 18 W 4 W 8
  1472 12910167 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
10 Zach Countryman W 18 B 15 W 12 B 8 B 4
  1460 12904287 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
11 Ron Weyland W 1 B 16 W 7 B 14 W 13
  1455 12657609 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
12 Vern Johnson B 9 W 14 B 10 W 17 W 18
  1398 10513456 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
13 John Wynecoop W 3 B 17 W 8 B 6 B 11
  1389 12534695 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
14 Ben Blue W 5 B 12 W 16 W 11 B 15
  1304 12758512 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Alton Blue B 4 W 10 W 17 B 18 W 14
  1289 12455852 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
16 Pat Kirlin B 6 W 11 B 14 W 7 B 17
  1282 12631768 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
17 Jim Waugh W 8 W 13 B 15 B 12 W 16
  1261 12425667 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
18 Ted Baker B 10 B 5 W 9 W 15 B 12
  1207 12936996 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0

 

2005 Winter Championship

    John Julian is the new club champion, winning the Winter Championship with a 4.5 score.  A total of 17 players competed in this year's tourney.  John received a year's membership to the Washington Chess Federation (WCF) and $30 for his victory.  He also will be seeded into the City Championship tourney in August.

    Kirk Steinocher scored 4.0 to claim the over 1700 category prize -- a WCF membership and $20.  The 1300-1700 category was won by Adam Attwood and Ron Weyland with 3.0 scores.  The under 1300 category was won by Ted Baker and Zach Countryman with 2.5 scores.  All four of the category winners won WCF memberships.  Vern Johnson also won a membership by claiming the biggest upset. 

     The cross table:

SwissSys Wall Chart. Spokane Winter Championship: Open

  Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 John Julian W 11 B 5 W 2 B 10 W 4
  1939 12688769 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.5
2 Kirk Steinocher B 12 W 10 B 1 W 4 W 3
  1849 12389190 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0
3 Michael Cambareri bye W 16 B 4 W 7 B 2
  1787 12707145 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0
4 Phil Weyland W 13 B 15 W 3 B 2 B 1
  1719 12653584 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0
5 Kevin Korsmo B 14 W 1 B 12 B 15 W 6
  1705 10328357 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5
6 John Downes bye W 8 B 7 W 12 B 5
  1700 12465306 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.5
7 Chris Copeland W 15 B 13 W 6 B 3 W 10
  1635 12758356 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
8 Adam Attwood bye B 6 W 11 W 9 W 15
  1582 12788883 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.0
9 David B Griffin B 16 W 11 W 15 B 8 B 13
  1505 12469398 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
10 Ron Weyland W 17 B 2 W 16 W 1 B 7
  1442 12657609 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
11 Pat Kirlin B 1 B 9 B 8 W 17 B 12
  1344 12631768 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
12 Zach Countryman W 2 B 17 W 5 B 6 W 11
  1276 12904287 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
13 Jim Waugh B 4 W 7 W 17 B 16 W 9
  1261 12425667 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
14 Jim Burney W 5 ---- ---- ---- ----
  1259 12618452 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Vern Johnson B 7 W 4 B 9 W 5 B 8
  1245 10513456 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
16 Ted Baker W 9 B 3 B 10 W 13 B 17
  1155 12936996 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
17 Vern Smith B 10 W 12 B 13 B 11 W 16
  unr. 13090003 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 

 

 

2004 Fall Championship:

Copeland & Herbers are new Club Champions.

    Top-seed Pat Herbers and tenth-seed Chris Copeland are the current club champions.  The two tied for the Fall Championship with 4-1 scores.  They each received $62.50 for their efforts. Herbers was touched for draws by the second and third seeds, John Julian and Kirk Steinocher, while Copeland’s only blemish was a loss to Steinocher in the second round.  Julian, Steinocher, and Ron Weyland finished in a third place tie with 3.5 scores.

     Chris reports that this is the first event in which he has ever produced a positive score!  The veteran has seen his rating rise steadily in the past year.  Herbers, a youth star in Spokane during the 1960s, has been one of the top players at the club since his return to the Spokane chess scene four years ago.  Herbers was a co-champion in the club’s 2000 Fall Championship.

     Julian and Steinocher tied for the best score in the over 1700 category.  Steve Brendemihl and Dave Griffin tied for the best in the 1400-1700 category with 3.0 scores.  Ron Weyland won the under 1400 category.  Patrick Kirlin finished second with a 3.0 score.  Zach Countryman (1166) posted the largest upset of the tournament with his first round conquest of Phil Weyland (1712).  He won $25 for that achievement.

     Twenty players competed in the five round event (and two others helped out as club players in the first and last rounds), which was conducted in the six weeks between September 16 and October 21, 2004.  This event was one of the few recent tourneys where the old guard veterans turned back talented youth.  The younger crowd frequently dominates the prizes in other club events, but failed to garner most of the prizes in this one.   

Championship: Wallchart
 
  Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Nick Raptis B 10 ---- ---- ---- ----
  2316 12470662 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
2 Pat Herbers B 12 W 6 B 3 W 4 B 10
  1960 12509092 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0
3 John Julian W 13 B 8 W 2 B 14 W 11
  1882 12688769 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.5
4 Kirk Steinocher B 15 W 11 B 9 B 2 bye
  1863 12389190 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
5 Michael Cambareri W 14 B 17 B 11 W 22 B 7
  1819 12707145 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
6 Craig Moore B 16 B 2 W 10 B 13 B 18
  1768 10413265 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
7 Phil Weyland W 17 W 15 B 13 B 9 W 5
  1712 12653584 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
8 Kevin Korsmo B 19 W 3 B 12 W 10 - 13
  1698 10328357 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 F2.0
9 Dan Copeland bye B 21 W 4 W 7 B 14
  1689 12758357 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5
10 Steve Brendemihl W 1 W 16 B 6 B 8 W 2
  1608 12538140 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
11 Chris Copeland W 20 B 4 W 5 W 17 B 3
  1525 12758356 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
12 David Griffin W 2 B 19 W 8 B 16 W 20
  1511 12469398 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
13 Pat Kirlin B 3 W 20 W 7 W 6 - 8
  1378 12631768 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 X3.0
14 Ron Weyland B 5 W 22 B 17 W 3 W 9
  1283 12657609 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
15 Vern Johnson W 4 B 7 B 20 B 21 W 16
  1266 10513456 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5
16 Jim Waugh W 6 B 10 W 19 W 12 B 15
  1229 12425667 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
17 Zach Countryman B 7 W 5 W 14 B 11 B 22
  1166 12904287 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
18 Jim Burney ---- ---- ---- ---- W 6
  1159 12618452 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Paul Ramer W 8 W 12 B 16 B 20 ----
  1142 12833608 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 F0.0
20 Ted Baker B 11 B 13 W 15 W 19 B 12
  1084 12936996 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
21 Matt Greer bye W 9 B 22 W 15 ----
  1002 12914128 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 F0.5
22 Peter Christiansen bye B 14 W 21 B 5 W 17
  868 12546056 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5